Myjoyonline.com reported yesterday that one of the Rastafarian students, who was initially denied enrollment into Achimota School because of his dreadlocks, Tyron Marghuy, has allegedly stabbed his father in the hand. This was reported by the father, who indicated that this was not the first time Tyron has done this to him.
Rooting the story in a video published on social media by the father of Tyron, Mr. Tereo Marghuy, the website quoted the latter as saying, “this is what Tyron has done to my hand; he spoilt his sister’s tablet and they were supposed to take it to the repairer this morning, the sister came to tell me they were taking the laptop to the repairer…, I went to see them in the room and she said Tyron is not ready.
“Long story short, they had an argument, and so I went back there to ask him why, and he just unplugged the laptop and walked over me. And he’s been doing this all these years, and which his mother tolerates. She even asked me one time why I don’t want anybody to have peace in this house. When my son does something wrong and I’m telling him, she is giving me bull….t,”
Citi FM also reported during its 12 ‘O’clock news bulletin that Tyron Marghuy had refused to publicly comment on the incident, except to say that he acted in self-defence. Though the alleged stabbing incident can best be described as a domestic matter, it has huge public ramifications, and that is the worry of The Chronicle.
When Achimota School refused to enrol him because of his dreadlocks, there was a hue and cry in this country, especially from human rights activists. In the end, a High Court in Accra ruled that Achimota School cannot reject him because of his dreadlocks, so long as he qualified for admission into the great academic institution. Achimota School does not joke with discipline, and since the wearing of dreadlocks by a juvenile is seen in our culture as an act of indiscipline, the authorities were unwilling to admit him, but, as we have just indicated, the hand of the school was forced by the law to renege on its position.
The big question then is: if Tyron can muster the courage to allegedly stab his father who brought him into this world without blinking an eye, what will happen should his colleague student provoke him whilst on campus? Unless the alleged stabbing story, as told by Tereo Marghuy, is a lie, The Chronicle sees Tyron as posing a serious danger to other students on Achimota School campus.
Without being accused of trampling upon the fundamental human rights of the boy, we think it will be in the public interest if Tyron is immediately de-boardinised. If he is already a day student, his movement on campus must be keenly monitored.
COP Bio Atenga once asked the human rights groups in the country to sit in the bucket of their vehicle when they are fighting armed robbers and be “shouting human rights, human rights.” Those were the days when the Greater Accra Regional Police Command was fighting and killing armed robbers who had taken the lives of their victims.
Obviously, when Tereo Marghuy was fighting for his son, because his rights were been abused by Achimota School, he did not know that his own son will one day disrespect his rights as a human being, by stabbing him. Tyron’s case is not an isolated one because ‘spoiled’ children can be found in some homes in Ghana.
Stabbing your own father is a serious case, which he can easily replicate everywhere and that is why we are concerned about his movement on campus. The Chronicle is not calling for his dismissal – all what we demand is that his movement must be monitored on campus.
